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For insurance IROs, reserve adequacy is elephant in the room

By Guest Contributor on December 6, 2010

LOOMING behind the various predictions of a turn in commercial lines pricing at some point in 2011 or 2012 is an “elephant” many companies find hard to discuss – reserve adequacy.

Posted in Best Practice, Disclosure | Tagged corporate reporting, guidance, investor communications

Huge social network for US shareholders planned

By Dominic Jones on August 15, 2008

BROADRIDGE Financial Solutions Inc. (NYSE: BR), the giant investor communications and brokerage outsourcing firm, plans to connect every US company and every shareholder in a massive social network that could rival Facebook in terms of members. CEO Rich Daly said his company’s investor network will be unique in that it will validate members as real [...]

Posted in Articles, Communications, Corporate Governance, Disclosure | Tagged annual meeting, institutional investors, investor communications, proxy statements, retail investor, SEC, securities and exchange commission, shareholder, shareholder forum

The SEC inquiry that made me shudder

By Dominic Jones on April 25, 2008

I NEED to find the time one day to put down some thoughts about where capital markets disclosure is heading because it’s a major issue facing the investor relations profession. It’s becoming increasingly clear to me that regulators are going to be at the center of the disclosure dissemination universe. Regulators like the Securities and [...]

Posted in Articles, Disclosure, Investor Relations, Social Media | Tagged investor communications, ir departments, SEC, securities and exchange commission, technology, Tim Bray, Twitter, web technology, XBRL

Associations put online IR in spotlight

By Pam Agnew on April 10, 2008

THE North American investor relations associations appear to be putting web-based disclosure on the front burner as the Internet moves to center stage and securities regulators increasingly rely on corporate websites to deliver information to investors. Earlier this week, Jeff Morgan, the new President and CEO of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI), called to [...]

Posted in Articles, Disclosure, Investor Relations | Tagged CIRI, financial reporting, Internet, investor communications, jeff morgan, national investor relations institute, NIRI, SEC, securities and exchange commission, usability

10 steps to a better IR website

By Dominic Jones on April 13, 2007

WE ARE forced to take a break from posting here for the next little while. But rather than leave you cold turkey, we thought we’d offer up these 10 points to contemplate and debate while we’re gone from the blog. We’ll see you soon, though, so keep watching this space. 1. Walk in investors’ shoes [...]

Posted in Articles, Communications, Disclosure | Tagged blogs, conference calls, Google, investor communications, law, management, SEC, technology, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, usability, web communications, web usability, XBRL, YouTube

SEC chairman’s clarion call to IR communicators

By Dominic Jones on April 2, 2007

JUST over a week ago, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Christopher Cox gave an important speech that has so far gone unreported by the investor relations profession’s main associations and trade press. In his closing remarks to the Second Annual Corporate Governance Summit at the USC Marshall School of Business in Los Angeles, the [...]

Posted in Communications, IR News | Tagged investor communications, law, online communications, SEC, web communications, XBRL

Nasdaq's IR services conflicts in the spotlight

By Dominic Jones on February 2, 2007

By Dominic Jones SIX weeks ago, I said Nasdaq should be forced to sell its press release and website hosting subsidiaries because they create an unacceptable conflict of interest between the exchange’s business interests and its role as a regulator. You can see my original comments in Nasdaq should get out of press release, website [...]

Posted in Articles, Communications, Disclosure, Investor Relations | Tagged blogs, Holme Roberts & Ownen LLP, investor communications, law, nasdaq, news releases, newswires, privacy, SEC, SEC filings, securities, shareholder.com, technology, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Warren Buffett

Survey: good service makes investors loyal

By Dominic Jones on July 10, 2006

By IR Web Report Staff Even when they are not specifically designed to answer IR questions, surveys of investors provide useful insight for investor relations communicators. Take the the J.D. Power and Associates 2006 Full-Service Investor Satisfaction Study released yesterday. It analyzes the key factors that make investors loyal and satisfied with full service brokerage [...]

Posted in Issues, Shareholder Services | Tagged blogs, customer service, investor communications

Managing email inquiries from investors

By Dominic Jones on February 5, 2002

THERE were a few surprises in a recent study we conducted of how top companies invite and deal with email questions sent to the investor relations department. Our objective was to test how responsive these blue-chip companies are to email inquiries directed via their IR websites. We also wanted to measure the quality of the [...]

Posted in Online IR, Shareholder Services | Tagged email, investor communications, shareholder services

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